1978 AIAW National Large College Basketball Championship

none August 2023 1978 AIAW National Large College Basketball Championship AIAW logo.jpg March 17, 1978 March 25, 1978 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 16 UCLA (1st title) Maryland 20 1977 1979 The 1978 AIAW National Large College Basketball Championship was held on March 17–25, 1978. Sixteen teams were invited, and the UCLA Bruins led by Ann Meyers were crowned national champions.Women's College Basketball Championship History Page http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/ 2009-06-03 Gregory Cooper https://web.archive.org/web/20091026191906/http://geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/ 2009-10-26 dead Southern Conn. St. Media Guide http://www.southernctowls.com/documents/2008/11/19/0809whoopguide.pdf pdf 2009-07-10Utah Media Guide http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/0809-mg-sec6.pdf pdf 2009-06-08 2011-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713212148/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/0809-mg-sec6.pdf dead Missouri Media Guide http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/history.pdf pdf 2009-06-08 2012-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112073749/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/history.pdf dead Tennessee Lady Vol Scores http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/yby-scores.html 2009-07-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20120527131237/http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/yby-scores.html 2012-05-27 dead UCLA Media Guide http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/08-ucla-wbaskbl-mg-stats.pdf pdf 2009-07-07 2012-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112073755/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/08-ucla-wbaskbl-mg-stats.pdf dead Ole Miss Record Book http://www.olemisssports.com//pdf1/152266.pdf?&DB_OEM_ID=2600 pdf 2009-07-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090105160114/http://olemisssports.com/ 2009-01-05 Ohio State Record Book http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/fls/17300/pdf/wbb/guide/0708_p156to180.pdf?ATCLID=945094&SPSID=89262&SPID=10422&DB_OEM_ID=17300 pdf 2009-07-08 March 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes In the national championship game, the Bruins defeated the Maryland Terrapins 90–74, in front of a record crowd of 9,351 at Pauley Pavilion.Baccellieri, Emma - This Isn’t UCLA’s First Women’s Final Four. Sports Illustrated, April 5, 2025. 'It may not be in the NCAA record books, but the 1978 AIAW championship is a big part of the Bruins’ storied program history'Sports Illustrated, April 3, 1978Huff, Donald - Slow Start Sinks Terps In Title Loss to UCLA. Washington Post, March 27, 1978 This was the first AIAW Tournament to divide the first two rounds into four regional sites, and also the first to be held over the course of two weekends. Th previous tournament in 1977 was held as a sixteen-team single-site event over in one week in Minneapolis.Douchant, Mike. Tourney Time. United States: Masters Press, 1993. The host site for the Final Four was UCLA in Los Angeles. The championship game was televised nationally for the first time, by NBC.CNNSI Recap of 1978 Tournament http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/women/features/finalfour_history/1978/ https://web.archive.org/web/20081012083557/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/women/features/finalfour_history/1978 dead October 12, 2008 2009-07-28 The 1978 national championship represented a shift from the smaller schools to larger schools with larger athletic budgets such as UCLA and MarylandHerman, Robin - Women's Basketball Arrives. New York Times, March 20, 1978 It was pivotal in terms of hosting, organization, format, television rights, and attendance.Nelson, Murry R.. American Sports: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 Volumes]. United States: ABC-CLIO, 2013. pg 140Feinberg, Paul - Title I Members of UCLA’s champion 1978 women’s basketball team recall what basketball was like then, and how the game has changed.. UCLA Magazine, January 1, 2018 The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, which was first played at the end of the 1981-82 women's basketball season, would prevail as the season-completing tournament for women's college basketball.Bechtel, Mark - AIAW vs. NCAA: When Women’s College Basketball Had to Choose. Sports Illustrated, June 14, 2022 Ann Meyers being the first woman to receive a four-year athletic scholarship is regarded as one of the defining moments in the history of women's sports.Kuwana, Claire - 50 Years of Title IX: The Defining Moments of Women’s Sports. Sports Illustrated, June 9, 2022 Opening rounds East Regional – New Brunswick, NJ Montclair State 74 Utah 50 Queens College 74 Mississippi 71 Montclair State 75 Queens College 60 Utah 45 Mississippi 66 First RoundMarch 18, 1978 QuarterfinalsMarch 19, 1978 Consolation West Regional – Long Beach, CA UCLA 102 Brigham Young 57 Stephen F. Austin 96 Washington 55 UCLA 86 Stephen F. Austin 60 Brigham Young 68 Washington 58 First RoundMarch 17, 1978 QuarterfinalsMarch 18, 1978 Consolation South Regional – Cleveland, MS Maryland 75 Tennessee 69 Valdosta State 75 S. Connecticut St. 82 Maryland 93 S. Connecticut St. 53 Tennessee 80 Valdosta State 83 First RoundMarch 17, 1978 QuarterfinalsMarch 18, 1978 Consolation Central Regional – Denton, TX Wayland Baptist 66 Ohio State 56 North Carolina State 70 Missouri 64 Wayland Baptist 72 North Carolina State 55 Ohio State 69 Missouri 79 First RoundMarch 17, 1978 QuarterfinalsMarch 18, 1978 Consolation Final Four – Los Angeles, CA Montclair State 77 UCLA 85 Maryland 90 Wayland Baptist 85 UCLA 90 Maryland 74 Montclair State 90† Wayland Baptist 88 SemifinalsMarch 23, 1978 FinalMarch 25, 1978 † Overtime See also 1978 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship References 2 Category:AIAW women's basketball tournament AIAW AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship Category:Basketball in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex Category:1978 in sports in Texas Category:Women's sports in Texas